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What about for the world, or for the average person? Any positives at all?

• deleted 1y ago
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• owebmaster 1y ago
  Can you start the list?
  • diggan 1y ago
    Sure! I think the Arab Spring mostly was possible because of social media, and wouldn't have happened as fast or maybe at all otherwise. Overall it seems like the net effects of that were positive, although a highly tumult time-period obviously and still has lingering effects that aren't super great. Besides that I'm also having a hard time coming up with positive examples, hence the question.
    • owebmaster 1y ago
      > I think the Arab Spring mostly was possible because of social media You think the arab spring was positive? I would put this as an example of the terrible things that were done using social media. > Besides that I'm also having a hard time coming up with positive examples, hence the question. I don't think there is any good thing of social media, in the end, besides the little entertainment. The small pleasures are not worth the power given to the platform owners.
      • diggan 1y ago
        > You think the arab spring was positive? It triggered the downfall of multiple oppressive and authoritarian states, so a net positive, yeah. But I'm also a fan of democracy and human rights, so I understand not everyone shares the same perspective. Another positive: I've been able to connect with people about various interests and had conversations I would never been able to have, especially when you grow up in rural areas where the place has a population less than 1000. It's really hard to find people who share your interests in those cases, and social media makes it really easy to find those people.
        • sampl3username 1y ago
          Arab spring was terrible, you don't know what you're talking about.